way back

way back

A relatively long time ago, especially when recalling something that is not the case now. Primarily heard in UK. I used to really like this band way back, but now that I'm older, they just sound silly to me.Way back, there were only a few channels on TV. Now there seem to be thousands!

Bruce is prepared to go manager-to-manager with Trapattoni to see if there is a way back because Reid's form has been a revelation this season, and a strict fitness regime has given the 27-year-old a slimline figure.

57) Women who engaged in illict sex were barred from both; the sisterhoods, with their ideology of spiritual motherhood and mystical family ties, offered a way back into a family structure through a transitional structure, the 'home' of the penitentiary.

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